Mental Health Counseling and Wellness Services
| Navigating college responsibilities while balancing the demands of life can be a challenge. Many college students often find themselves feeling overwhelmed and struggling to cope. These stressors can interfere with your ability to be academically successful. A licensed Wellness Counselor will help you identify your current stressors, assist you in developing healthy coping skills and connect you to additional resources. |
Mental Health and Wellness staff are here to create an inclusive environment to provide equitable mental health support and wellness service to all CT State students.
Wellness Services We Offer:
✓ Crises Response
In-Person, TimelyCare Talk Now and calling 988
✓ Free, Confidential, Short-Term In-Person Counseling Services
Make an in-person appointment with a Campus Wellness Counselor
• Five individual in-person sessions per semester (10 session limit per year).
• Students are eligible for services enrolled in the current term for which they are seeking services.
• Telehealth services are available through TimelyCare
✓ Mental Health and Wellness Trainings
• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
• Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
• Question Persuade, Refer (QPR)
✓ Online Mental Health Screenings
Free, anonymous behavioral health screenings that can be taken online
✓ Referrals for More Immediate or Specialized Care Within the Community
Search for a local referral
✓ Wellness and Prevention Programming
Need additional support,
concerned about a student?
Mental Health and Wellness Services
for CT State Students
Campus Mental Health and Wellness Services
Asnuntuck: Ayan Dirir, LPC
Capital: Michael Kriscenski, LPC
Gateway: Olivia Carney, LPC and Fentyshia Daniels, LMSW
Housatonic: Lisa Slade, LPC and Lindsey Norton, LCSW
Manchester: Wanda Reyes-Dawes, MA
Middlesex: Counselor Coming Soon
Naugatuck Valley: Natasha Bush, LPC (Waterbury)
and Tammy MacBrien Downs, LPC (Danbury)
Northwestern: Ruth Gonzalez PhD, LPC
Norwalk: Counselor Coming Soon
Quinebaug Valley: Amanda Brycki, LPC
Three Rivers: Kelsey Daniels, LPC
Tunxis: Alison McCarthy, LPC and Sarah Wilkie, LCSW
Off-Campus Mental Health Providers
Use the list below to find mental healthcare near your home campus.
Online Mental Health Screenings
Take a free, online behavioral health screenings by clicking on your home campus below.
